Shed to coop help

[DobieLover]

I'd extend the roof overhangs to 24" all around and add huge top hinged windows all around.

Like this.

I don't baffle the soffit vents in this coop,

 

[aart]

won’t it be rough to make hinges windows up under the peak?

Might be.
Actually open mesh walls might be the way go to in NC....like @3KillerBs has.

 

[DickMidnight]

Like this.View attachment 2915664
I don't baffle the soffit vents in this coop,

just such a good looking coop.

can’t wait until i get my wife’s garden built around our coop so it looks “finished” like this. right now mine is just in a dirt patch.

 

[Banana01]

How will that protect against predators though?

Lol it is for security, sorry for the bad wording.

Another concept
Take off the doors completely but leave the rest of the shed intact. Then build your enclosed run connected out the front. That would be for ventilation as well. Then build more secure boxes inside on both sides. One side could be for hens, the other side for perching.

You could put posts in the ground at 1 meter apart and attach the net to the shed. But you would want to be able to walk in it still, so at least 2 meters in height.

 

[Beah10]

Like this.View attachment 2915664
I don't baffle the soffit vents in this coop,

What does baffle the soffit vents mean?

Might be.
Actually open mesh walls might be the way go to in NC....like @3KillerBs has.

The whole wall would be hardwire cloth? Would that be hard to keep the wild animals out of?

 

[Beah10]

The shed is 16ft x 10ft. I forgot to mention that in the first post. I would love to do the interior of the coop in a similar way DobieLover has theirs.

 

[DickMidnight]

The whole wall would be hardwire cloth? Would that be hard to keep the wild animals out of?

1/2” hardware cloth will keep out just about everything but a bear.

lots of coops in warmer climates take out a full wall and just cover the opening in hardware cloth for maximum ventilation.

i know @3KillerBs has her coop set up like that. i’m sure she’ll chime in soon.

 

[DobieLover]

What does baffle the soffit vents mean?

@aart installs baffles to direct the air flow from the soffit vents up towards the ceiling so it can't blow across the birds.

 

[aart]

What does baffle the soffit vents mean?

@aart installs baffles to direct the air flow from the soffit vents up towards the ceiling so it can't blow across the birds.

Yes, and to keep snow from blowing off the lower roof into the upper soffits.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ventilation-baffling.75434/

 

[Beah10]

Would this be enough ventilation? The doors cut out and lined with HC, possibly making the current windows longer. The two sides cut the same, a triangular area up top and a large horizontal window in the middle-ish. Would I need to add more ventilation to the back of the shed?